Bopanna, Paes, Mirza enter second round of French Open

Wed, May 27, 2015, 09:25 PM

Paris, May 27 : Indian tennis players Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes and Sania Mirza advanced into the second round of the men's and women's doubles competitions, respectively of the French Open here on Wednesday.

The first set was a close contest which was finally clinched by Krajinovic and Troicki. But Bopanna-Mergea came back strongly to win the second set 6-3 and followed it up by clinching the third set 6-4.

Bopanna-Mergea will next face American combine Austin Krajicek and Donald Young in the second round, who earlier beat Maxime Teixeira and Florent Serra 6-1, 6-3.

Meanwhile, Paes along with Canadian Daniel Nestor beat Australian pair James Duckworth and Chris Guccione 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in the first round.

Paes-Nestor showed their dominance right from the word go winning the first set 6-2 in a one sided affair.

But the Australian pair refused to give up. In a tight game, although Paes-Nestor had the upper hand, Duckworth-Guccione held their nerves till the end to level the game by winning the second set 7-5.

The third and final set was the most entertaining one as the game swung on both sides but the Indo-Canadian pair had the last laugh, winning it 7-5 to wrap up the match and cruise into the second round.